OtherEric

as you say, love me some Bronze Gil Kane!

The earliest UK comic strip that I know for sure got US distribution was Andy Capp. Doesn't mean there weren't earlier examples, it's just the one I remember from the funny pages when I was a kid.

I fully respect the smart-arse answer, as long as we continue to look for the non smart-arse answer as well. Also, Gulliver’s Travels showed up in New Comics #1, in December of 1935. Illustrated by Walt Kelly, even.

The spacing between the numbers is also off, but fair enough, it's not just the kerning. I find it interesting that we seem to have different views on what the more obvious part of the problem is!

That's what's known as keming. What's keming? Bad kerning. I assure you if you're the one person in 1000 who knows what the heck I'm talking about there's at least a 1 in 3 chance you would be mildly amused by that...

I've got a few nice condition Argosy issues with Burroughs stories but not covers, I'll test the waters with those. Anyone know off hand if they'll have on site drop off at ECCC at the end of the month?

GCD shows the Danger Man issue as US created material, but the reliability of the GCD on something like this can be spotty at times. They list Tony Tallarico as the artist, and he did a lot of work for Dell at the time, though.

A question that somebody here might have an answer to, that is completely off topic... to the point of being the opposite of the topic, in fact. Does anybody know a) the first time UK produced material was printed in an US comic, and b) the first time a UK produced comic was distributed in the US? The earliest examples I'm aware of for a)... and in both cases I may be way off on the actual books... are the John Steed & Emma Peel comic produced by Gold Key, which reprints material originally printed in TV comic. The earliest example for b) would be Warrior #1, or at least it's the earliest UK produced book I'm aware of with dual US pricing. I suppose it's far from impossible that US distribution of 2000 AD had started earlier, but that doesn't have the printed US price so it's harder to figure out when it started.

Aha! I thought I had a couple more issues hiding in a box somewhere, although I had no clue which issues they might be... Both April 1967, I like to imagine these started out in a three-pack bag together, since I know I got them at the same time; they're in a box that was given to me by a relative that I've never completely sorted separately.

Spectacular! I was hoping that would help with Barry’s insufficiency of anger issues!

The artwork by Crandall was commissioned by King for their #12, even if it was ultimately published by Charlton. So it’s philosophically a King issue.

anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

They’re absolutely valid for the club! It just wasn’t the specific question I was wondering about.

I won't comment on DTA and topnotch other than these two observations: 1) The few times I've decided I'm willing to pay what DTA is asking because I can't find an item elsewhere, I've had no problems with them as a seller in pure practical terms. 2) DTA and topnotch appear to be the same seller under different names, you can frequently find the exact same copy of a book listed twice, once from each of them. I have no clue why they do this.

Did you ever find one? I just assumed, as an ad-free book, they deliberately priced it at 15c across the board. It's a weird issue on multiple levels, that's for sure.

I thought those reading library titles were from the early 70's, not the classic 66-68 run. But I could be wrong, I frequently am. Check your PM's regarding the scans.

Vampirella #11 thoughts: Cover: A legendary Frazetta piece, I really have nothing to add on this one. Feary Tales: A nice opener to the issue by Sutton, cramming quite a bit of storytelling into one page. Letters: Have we seen the Frazetta illo of Vampi used here before? Carnival of the Damned: It's hard to see what caused the delay on the story, but it's a solid one with a particularly spectacular splash page by Sutton. We meet Pendragon, who winds up being a major supporting cast member during the Warren era. For all that, I don't have much to say about the story, other than noting Goodwin is good about setting up pieces for the series and at the same time telling an enjoyable story that stands on its own. The catch being it's fairly slight, given how many moving parts are involved with a relatively small page count. The Escape: Luis Roca is not somebody I'm familiar with. They have about 250 credits at the GCD, but most of them are not from the US, or are reprints of material that wasn't originally from the US. They've got three credits with Warren. The artwork looks pretty impressive, actually. The story is competent enough as a framework for the artwork but is too cliche heavy to praise as anything else. Prisoner in the Pool: Not one I have much to say on; great Cockrum art, decent Saunders script that could have possibly used another page or two to breathe, and Sinis/ Sinus/ Pine Bender had way too many names for someone killed in the third panel they appear in. She'll Never Learn: Skeates and Barr give a look into the mind of an all too realistic madman. Absolutely excellent work, but genuinely terrifying in a way I can't say I enjoy even as I admire the craft. The Green Plague: What might have been a neat story with another artist, but they gave it to Grandenetti... and I don't think it's well suited to his style. Onward. Vampi's Flames: I call your attention to the small sketch by Dave Manak, it's his only contribution to the Warren books that I'm aware of. I'm surprised the index didn't mention it, however, given that he has over 2700 credits at the GCD, mostly on humor books. Dragon Woman: One of three stories Sanho Kim does for the Warren books, he's best known for his work at Charlton, although he has a few stories in the Marvel B&W mags as well. The issue goes out on an extremely high note with this story, as the index states, it's particularly impressive. This was a very good issue... if my only major gripe is the Grandenetti story, well, we expect me to gripe about that. I think I'm ranking the book as not as impressive as the sum of its parts, but I'm honestly not sure why.

Today's addition. On another topic, can anybody verify that during the key 1966-1967 run, King only had 7 titles: Flash Gordon, Mandrake, Phantom, Beetle Bailey, Blondie, Popeye, and the weird stray Jungle Jim 1-shot?

Looks pretty nice for a 1.8. You planning to crack it?

I wasn't aware Startling went to digest size at the end of its run. Beautiful copy!

Keep us posted, if you can't find a publisher a crowdfunded updated guide would probably get a respectable amount of support from those of us here.

Unfortunately, the market is too volatile at the moment for an accurate general purpose resource. If you can track down a copy of the guide @Bookery did a few years ago, it's a great starting point... but his joke errata, "multiply everything by 10", is way too general to help while too close to the truth to ignore. eBay and Heritage recent sales are probably your best starting point, I might also suggest checking ABEbooks for copies currently on sale to make sure you're not missing a cheap book through another route. Lots more magazines than comics there in my experience. Finally, feel free to ask here on specific books. We're a friendly group that loves to show off our knowledge.

I'm pretty sure that the Beatles Super Special was not licensed, just based on nonfiction information.